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n. [Ulf. lein = σινδών; Germ. lein; Engl. linen; Lat. līnum; Gr. λίνον]:—flax; spinna lín, Fas. iii. 594; drósir suðrænar dýrt lín spunnu, Vkv. 1; lín ok bygg, Stj.; smjör ok lín, eir, gull eða silfr, K. Á. 204; af sáði öllu, rúg ok hveiti, hampi ok líni, N. G. L. ii. 355; lín órengt (of a tax in Norway payable in that kind), O. H. L. 60; dóttir á lín allt ok garn, ok reifi ullar, N. G. L. i. 211.
II. [Lat. linteum], linen, linen gear, esp. the head-gear worn by ladies on the bridal day, höfuð-lín (q. v.); brúðar-lín, Þkv. 12, 15, 17, 19; hence, ganga und líni, to wed, be wedded, Rm. 37, where the earl’s bride wore a lín, the carle’s bride a ripti (of less costly stuff), whereas the thrall’s bride was not wedded at all; Guðrún (the bride) sat innar á þverpalli, ok þar konur hjá henni (the bride-maids) ok höfðu lín á höfði, Ld. 296; ok léttliga líni verit, to cohabit, Gkv. 3. 2.